CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-50016

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the ASoC SOF subsystem for Intel CNL platforms may process IPC replies before firmware initialization, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Risk Assessment

A NULL pointer dereference can cause a kernel panic or system crash, especially with a corrupted firmware.

Recommendation

Install an updated Linux kernel with a fix that filters IPC replies before the FW_READY message.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: SOF: Intel: cnl: Do not process IPC reply before firmware boot It is not yet clear, but it is possible to create a firmware so broken that it will send a reply message before a FW_READY message (it is not yet clear if FW_READY will arrive later). Since the reply_data is allocated only after the FW_READY message, this will lead to a NULL pointer dereference if not filtered out. The issue was reported with IPC4 firmware but the same condition is present for IPC3.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS